Cooking stove or range.



PATENTED OUT. 25, 1.904.

' W. REID.

- COOKING STOVE ORRANGE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR-A 9, 1903.

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NEEEEE No. 773,031. r PAIENTED OCT. 25, 1904.

' W.REID. COOKING STOVE 0R RANGE; I

APPLIOATION FILED MAB...9, 1903. y no MODEL. 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

Patented October 25, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE;

VVILLIA M REID, OF GENEVA, NEW YORK.

COOKING STOVE on RANGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 773,031, dated October '25, 1904.

Application filed March 9, 1903.

- To all whmnit 7itay' o0ncern:

Be it known that I,.WI L IAM REID, acitizen of theUnited States, residing at Geneva, county of Ontario, andjState of New York, have invented certain new'and useful Improvements in Cooking Stoves or Ranges, of which the following 1s a specification.

The invention relates to such improvements;

and it consists of the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter described and subsequently claimed.

Reference may be had to the accompanying drawings and the reference characters marked thereon, which form a part of this specification. I

Similar characters refer to similar parts in the several figures. V

Figure 1 of the drawings isa topplan View,

partly in horizontal section, of a cooking stove orrange embodying this invention. Fig. 2 is avertical longitudinal section of the same, taken on the broken line 2 2m Fig. 1 transversely of the fire-box. Fig. 3 is a vertical cross-section of the same, taken on the broken line 3 3 in Fig. 1.v Fig. 4 is aview in front elevation of a broken-way portion of the front end of the range, showing one of the depending hangers provided with anopen bearingfor the outer journal of the gratebar.

The invention relates more particularly to the permanent grate construction of. a stove or range havinga plurality of kettle-holes above and open to the fire-box.

The principalobject of my invention is to provide a cooking-stove which is adapted without change of structure and by simple operation of its grate-bars to produce either a uniform degree of heat throughout the firebox and'ben'eath both kettle-holes or any desired relative degreesof heat beneath the respective kettle-holes orany' desired degree of .jects thereof will appear heat beneath one kettle-hole without the presence of fire beneath another kettle-hole.

The nature of. the invention and other obin connection with the following description.

In the drawings the invention is shown in its preferred application to a range having the fire-box 1 extending transversely of the Serial No. 146,994. (No modeL) I range at its front end 2 and lined with firebrick 3, mounted in the usual manner upon the bed-plate 1. The fire-box is inclosed at its upper end by the stove-top 5, provided with kettle-holes 6, two of which are open to the fire-box and arrangedlongitudinally thereof. The kettle-holes may be provided with removablecovers 7 in the usual manner. Extending longitudinally of the fire-box, near its lower end and just beneath the bed-plate 4, is a pair of slideways, one of which, 8, is formed on the inner side of the front end 2 of the stove and the other, 9, formed on the outer side of the front oven-plate 10. These slideways guide the grate -'frame 11 as the same is being inserted or removed and support the same beneath the firebox.

The-range is provided with an opening 12 in itsfront side at one end of said slideways, adapted to permit the passage therethrough of the grate-frame in inserting and removing the same. This opening may be closed by a removable door or cover 13, which may be constructed in any known manner. The grate-frame is provided along its rear side with bearings 14: for the inner journals 15 of the grate-bars 16, the outer journals 17 of which are mounted in bearings in the hangers 18, depending fromthe front end of the stove. The bearings for theouter journals of the grate-bars are thus arranged along the front tate the insertion and removal of the gratebar journals, which are held in the bearings by means of a retaining-plate 19, apertured to receive and inclose the outer ends of the gratebar journals and adapted to be connected with an ear 20 on the front end of the stove by means of a pin 21 inserted through an aperture in said ear and engageable with the outside of sa1d retaining-plate, which 1s aper-. tured to receive sa1d ear.

The grate-bars may be operated in any grate-bars transversely-that is, the short Way-across the fire-box certain of the gratebars will be located beneath one of the kettleholes and certain others beneath the other kettle-hole, and by operating the grate-bars beneath a selected kettle-hole independently of the other grate-bars combustion can be localized beneath said kettle-hole while the fire may be retained in a banked condition or permitted to wholly die out beneath the other kettle-hole. It is thus possible to quickly adapt the range to varying demands upon its resources, and yet at all times to secure rapid combustion and a high degree of heat throughout or in any part of the fire-box and, it desired, different degrees of heat beneath the respective kettle-holes, permitting great economy in the use of fuel and in warm weather permitting the use of the range for cooking purposes for limited culinary requirements without unnecessarily increasing the temperature of the surrounding atmosphere. By proper manipulationof the respective sets of grate-bars the heat beneath the respective kettle-holes can be accurately regulated to adapt it for cooking different articles requiring different degrees of heat for their proper preparation. As shown, two of the bars are located beneath one kettle-hole and are connected together to rotate in unison by intermeshing gears 22, the outer journals of one of said bars being extended and provided with an angular end 23 to adapt it to receive a shaker. Two other grate-bars are arranged beneath the other kettle-hole and in like manner connected together by intermeshing gears 24:, the outer journal of one of said bars being extended and provided with an angular end 25, adapted to receive a shaker.

The outer ends of the grate-bar journals, their connecting-gears, and supporting mechanism are inclosed by the front draft-door 26, which is provided with apertures 27, adapted to permit the insertion therethrough of the end of the shaker when applying the same to the angular ends of the respective grate-bars. These apertures 27 may be closed by a movable cap or cover 28.

It will be seen that the slideway 9 is open and unobstructed at the right -hand end of Fig. 3 adjacent to the door 13. The other slideway 8 is open at the same end in the same manner. These slideways do not appear in the sectional part of Fig. 1, because the plane of the section extends through the upper portion of the fire-box where the same is lined with fire-brick. Both said slideways being open at the end adjacent to the door, it will be seenthat if the door be opened and the gratebars detached there is nothing to prevent the grate-frame 11 from being slid endwise out through the open ends of the slideways 8 and 9 and the adjacent door opening. WVhen, however, the grate-bars are seated at one end in'the grate-frame and at the other end in the hangers 18, fixed to the stovebody, said bars extend transversely of the line of movement of the grate-frame to withdraw the same as above explained, thus serving to lock the grate-frame in position so long as the bars remain in position; but when the grate-bars are removed the grate-frame can be slid endwise out through the opening 12 in the front side of the stove.

This invention permits the use of comparatively short grate-bars which extend across the oblong lire-box in the direction of its shorter dimension, said bars being more rigid and less likely to sag or to become cracked or warped by heat than comparatively long bars extended longitudinally of the lire-box.

By extending the grate-bars transversely of the lire-box their outer ends are caused to project at the front end of the range and within the limits of the hearth-plate 29, so that the outside dimensions of the range are not increased by the projecting gratehar journals or their connecting and supporting mechanisms, as is the case where grate-bars are arranged longitudinally of the lire-box with their outer journals projecting through the front side of the range.

hat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a cooking stove or range, the combination with the ire-box; of a stove-top provided with a plurality of kettle-holes arranged longitudinally of, and open to, the lire-box; a removable grate-frame in the fire-box; separate movable gratebars extending transversely of the fire-box beneath the respective kettle-holes and having bearings in said grateframe, said grate-bars together forming the whole permanent bottom of the lire-box, and means for operating certain of the grate-bars independently of each other.

2. In a cooking stove or range, the combination with the fire-box; of a stove-top provided with a pair of kettle-holes arranged above and open to the fire-box; two pairs of rotatory grate-bars arranged transversely of the lire-box, one pair beneath one, and the other pair beneath the other, of said kettleholes; and means for operating the grate-bars, one pair independently of the other.

3. In a cooking stove or range, the combination with the stove-body having a lire-box in its front end and provided with a side opening at one end of the lire-box; slidevays ex tending longitudinally of the lire-box near its lower end opening at their ends adjacent. to said side opening; and grate-bar bearings located along the front side of the lire-box; of a bearing-frame insertible and removable along said slideways through the open ends thereof and said side opening; and grate-bars extending transversely of the fire-box and bearing-frame mounted at their inner ends in bearings on said frame, and at their outer ends in said grate-bar bearings located along the front side of the fire-box, whereby the bear-.

ing-frame is locked in position by the gratebars. i

4. In a stove or range, the combination with a fire-box; of a stove-top provided with a plurality of kettle holes arranged above and open to the fire-box; a separate permanent grate structure located beneath each of said kettle holes and extending substantially across the fire-box, each of said grate structures being adapted to be operated independently of the other; and means projecting exteriorly of the firebox for operating each of said grate structures independently of the other whereby, by mere operation .of the grate structures, a uniform degree of heat can be maintained throughout the fire-box beneath both kettle-holes, or different relative degrees of heat can be maintained beneath the respective kettle-holes, or the desired degree of heat can be maintained beneath one kettle-hole without the presence of fire beof the hearth, said projecting ends being adapted to receive operating mechanism.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 6th day of March, 1903.

WM. REID.-

Witnesses:

J. F. QUAY,- GEO. H. GILLETTE. 

